Christ My Song - 1373
Shall I be ashamed of Jesus?
(Thomas Kelly/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
Shall I be ashamed of Jesus?
"Despising the shame." (Hebrews 12,2)
1. Shall I be ashamed of Jesus?
Who so true a friend as he?
He whose offered life appeases
wrath, that else had fall'n on me;
Jesus, when he shed his blood,
saved me from the wrath of God. PDF - Midi
2. Few would die to save another,
yet there might be love like this;
some, to save a friend or brother,
might resign their life for his;
but the Lord his kindness shows,
while he dies to save his foes.
3. Others may profess to love us,
and may seem to be our friends;
but when trials come to prove us,
then alas! their friendship ends:
Jesus is what others seem;
shall I be ashamed of him?
4. Lord thou know'st how oft already
I have been ashamed of thee:
false I've been, and most unsteady,
from the cross too prone to flee:
yes, my Lord, I tell my shame,
oft I've blushed to own thy name.
5. O forgive the past, nor let me
ever be so base again;
when temptation shall beset me,
Lord, be near, be near me then;
teach me to confess thy name,
careless who approve or blame.
Thomas Kelly, Hymns on various passages of Scripture, ca. 1853, Hymn 357.